ἀπό

ἀπό (on the frequently neglect of elision bef. vowels, see Tdf., Pr., 94, WH, App., 146),

prep. with genitive (WM, 462ff.; on its relation to ἐκ, παρά, ὑπό, ib. 456f.), [in LXX for לְ ,בְּ ,מִן ;]

from (i.e. from the exterior).

1. Of separation and cessation;

(1) of motion from a place: Matthew 5:29, 30; 7:23, Luke 5:2; 22:41, al.;

(2) in partitive sense (M, Pr., 72, 102, 245; MM, see word; Bl., §40, 2), Matthew 9:16; 27:21, John 21:10, Acts 5:2, al.; also after verbs of eating, etc.;

(3) of alienation (cl. genitive of separation), after such verbs as λούω (Deiss., BS, 227), λύω, σώζω, παύω, etc.; ἀνάθεμα ἀ., Romans 9:3; ἀποθνήσκειν ἀ., Colossians 2:20; σαλευθῆναι, 2 Thessalonians 2:2, καθαρός, -ίζειν, ἀ. (Deiss., BS, 196, 216), Acts 20:26, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Hebrews 9:14;

(4) of position, Matthew 23:34; 24:31, al.; after μακράν, Matthew 8:30; transposed before measures of distance, John 10:18; 21:8, Revelation 14:20 (Abbott, JG, 227);

(5) of time, ἀπὸ τ. ὥρας, ἡμέρας, etc., Matthew 9:22, John 19:27, Acts 20:18, Philippians 1:5, al.; ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος, Luke 1:70, al.; ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, etc., Matthew 19:4, Romans 1:20; ἀπὸ βρέφους, 2 Timothy 3:15; ἀφ᾽ ἧς, since, Luke 7:45, al.; ἀπὸ τ. νῦν, Luke 1:48, al.; ἀπὸ τότε, Matthew 4:17, al.; ἀπὸ πέρυσι, a year ago, 2 Corinthians 8:10; 9:2; ἀπὸ πρωΐ, Acts 28:23;

(6) of order or rank, ἀπὸ διετοῦς, Matthew 2:16; ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμ, Matthew 1:17; ἐβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδάμ, Jude 14; ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, Acts 8:10, Hebrews 8:11; ἄρχεσθαι ἀπό, Matthew 20:8, John 8:9, Acts 8:35, al.

2. Of origin;

(1) of birth, extraction, and hence, in late writers,

(a) of local extraction (cl. ἐξ; Abbott, JG, 227ff.), Matthew 21:11, Mark 15:43, John 1:45, Acts 10:38, al.; οἱ ἀπὸ Ἰταλίας (WM, §66, 6; M, Pr., 237; Westc, Rendall, in l.), Hebrews 13:24;

(b) of membership in a community or society (BL, §40, 2), Acts 12:1, al.;

(with) of material (= cl. genitive; Bl. l.with; M, Pr., 102), Matthew 3:4; 27:21;

(d) after verbs of asking, seeking, etc., Luke 11:50, 51, 1 Thessalonians 2:6 (Milligan, in l.);

(2) of the cause, instrument, means or occasion (frequently = ὑπό, παρά, and after verbs of learning, hearing, knowing, etc.; Bl., §40, 3), Matthew 7:16; 11:29, Luke 22:45, Acts 2:22; 4:36; 9:13; 12:14, 1 Corinthians 11:23, Galatians 3:2, al.; ἀπὸ τ. ὄχλου, Luke 19:3 (cf. John 21:6, Acts 22:11); ἀπὸ τ. φόβου, Matthew 14:26, al. (cf. Matthew 10:26; 13:44).

3. Noteworthy Hellenistic phrases: φοβεῖσθαι ἀπό (M, Pr., 102, 107); προσέχειν ἀπό (M, Pr., 11. with; Milligan, NTD, 50); ἀπὸ νότου (Heb. מִגֶּנֶב), Revelation 21:13; ἀπὸ προσώπου (מִפְּנֵי), 2 Thessalonians 1:9 (Bl., §40, 9); ἀπὸ τ. καρδιῶν (בְּלֵב), Matthew 18:35; ἀπὸ ὁ ὤν (WM, §10, 2; M, Pr., 9), Revelation 1:4.

4. In composition, ἀπό denotes separation, departure, origin, etc. (ἀπολύω, ἀπέρχομαι, ἀπογράφω); it also has a perfective force (M, Pr., 112, 247), as in ἀφικνεῖσθαι, which see